Play Therapy – In the News
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds,"
A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says free and unstructured play is healthy and -in fact- essential for helping children reach important social, emotional, and cognitive developmental milestones as well as helping them manage stress and become resilient.
http://www.aap.org/pressroom/play-public.htm
and view the full report at
http://www.aap.org/pressroom/playFINAL.pdf
Boosting intelligence among poor is child’s play
Reuters
1-5-07
Simple intervention at the lowest level by governments and aid agencies to change attitudes and encourage pre-school play at home, as well as basic nutrition, could have a major effect, researchers concluded.
VAPT President Plays in Sri Lanka
Anne Stewart, VAPT President, was selected to participate in the February trip to conduct play-based interventions with children in Sri Lanka.
Read about the trip and view photos http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/gradpsyc/srilanka.html
Read the article in Madison Magazine
Eric Green’s Katrina-Led Play Therapy Work
Eric Green, a member of the Maryland/DC Play Therapy Branch, traveled to Louisiana and led an initiative to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Read about the initiative http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/sep05/katrina1.html
Transcript of “Children of the Storm” interview which aired on the Paula Zahn Show and CNN Presents. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/20/pzn.01.html
Play Therapy in Mississippi
Anne Stewart, VAPT President, traveled to Mississippi in October 2005 to work with children, families, professionals and government officials following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read about the trip and see photos at the following sites.
Creating Hope and Resolve in Troubled Times- a website with crisis information for professionals and the public. http://collegeprojects.cisat.jmu.edu/chartt/
Photos from the trip http://www.flickr.com/photos/22718550@N00/sets/1226402/
